Govt. to sell rice at Tk 15 per kg to 5.5m people: Food Adviser

DINAJPUR, Aug 20 (BSS): Under the food-friendly programme the government has started selling rice at Taka 15 per kg among people from August 17 last.
The rice will be sold among 55 lakh people, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumdar today said at a press briefing at local circuit house on Wednesday.
The adviser said after taking the rice selling initiative the rice market remained under control throughout the country.
Rice selling is going on five days a week among 10 lakh people in eight districts of Rangpur division through registered dealers, he said, adding if required quantity of rice will be increased.
Describing the Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions as the food banks of the country, the food adviser said the largest paddy and rice procurement campaign in the country's history has been implemented successfully in this region.
"There is adequate food stock in the depots. To avoid any crisis in the food market, permission has been given to import rice through land ports," he said.
Legal action will be taken against the hoarders if they try to create any artificial crisis, he warned.
Ali Imam Majumder however said, the country's rice production is sufficient to meet the local demand.